Belgium: 11,1 mln people (2013) (6,4 mln in Flanders) - 32 500 km² small but densely populated: 350 people per square km!

Belgium: 3 regions! 1) Flanders: Dutch speaking 2) Brussels: many languages 3) Wallonia: French speaking

Waregem:

small city (37.000 people) in West-Flanders

Waregem

We are from Waregem: a young & dynamic city

34 km from Gent, 80 km from Brussels, 87 km from Antwerp, 18 km from Kortrijk, only 25 km from France

Our slogan: Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

Our school: VTI = “Vrij Technisch Instituut” = Catholic Technical College:

1400 students – 200 teachers

Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

4 Types of secondary schools in Flanders (all full time & for 6 years) General (ASO) – Art (Kunst) – Technical & Vocational (Beroep)

In VTI Waregem: 6 years of education: from 12 to 18 years old! There are 2 main forms of education: • Technical education, prepare for higher professional education;

• Vocational education, prepare for a technical profession

Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

www.internship2industry.eu

With: GTG Gothenburg, Sweden

Berufsschule Coburg, Germany

HTL Vöcklabruck, Austria

IFA Vienna, Austria (International Young Workers Exchange)

Generalitat de Catalunya Barcelona, Spain

Volvo Cars Gent, Belgium

2007-2009 / 2009-2011: VTI was partner in 2 Leonardo da Vinci projects:

Internship to industry (i2i) Parners Pro Internship (PPI)

An overview of all the 6th year classes

1.  Industrial sciences (IW) A mixture of electricity & mechanics & mathematics (it prepares for higher education – eg. industrial engineer)

2.  Electricity department More theoretical study Electricity-Electronics Information and communication technologie More practical Electrical Installation techniques Electronic Installation techniques Pure vocational Electrical installations

Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

3.  Electro-mechanics department More theoretical study Electromechanics More practical Mechanical techniques Car Techniques Pure vocational Garage & bodywork Welding / Metal Construction Plumbing / Sanitary Work & Central Heating

Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

An overview of all the 6th year classes

4.  Woodwork & Building department More theoretical study Building Engineering More practical Woodwork techniques Pure vocational Woodwork Skills

Your passion for high–tech www.vtiwaregem.be

An overview of all the 6th year classes

Partner schools in Europe: 1.  Car techniques:

GTG Göteborg, Sweden 2.  Electronic Installation techniques:

Berufsschule Coburg, Germany 3.  Electrical Installation techniques:

ITI Malignani Udine, Italy 4.  Mechanical design techniques

HTL Vöcklabruck, Austria

Partner companies in Europe: 1.  Sweden, Göteborg:

Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars, Westport

2.  Germany, Coburg: LASCO machine building, Brose car parts, Kaezer compressors;

3.  Italy, Udine : Solari data terminals, Danieli Automation Buttrio, E.B. UP elettrica buttrio

4.  Austria, Vöcklabruck: STIWA production lines, Hawle water & gas valves, Miba Sintered components;

Daniele Automation •  The work we have done:

–  First week: A lot of testing and mesuring –  Second week: Finding solutions, welding and testing –  Evaluation: They didn’t have much work

Daniele Automation •  Our opinion of the company:

–  It’s a good company, a good working space and nice people

–  We had expected more work for us

–  Thank you very much for the intresting and new things we learned

E.B. •  The work we have done:

–  First week: Cabling of switch boards –  Second week: Testing of the switch boards –  Evaluation: We learned alot of new techniques (cabling, testing)

•  Our opinion of the company: –  Good

•  Very friendly, Good accompaniment –  We had expected more:

•  practical work

E.B.

Solari •  The work we have done:

–  First week –  Second week –  Evaluation:

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Solari •  The work we have done :

–  First week: we’ve welded a lot of small components –  Second week: we have been programming on plc –  Evaluation: we didn’t do a lot of usefull stuff for the company but

we’ve learned a lot. The goal was to let us know how it is in a real factory.

•  Our opinion of the company: –  Very good: We really liked it there, it was a great experience and

opportunity.

Our experiences in your country

•  The things we have seen –  First week: Trieste –  Second week: Venice

•  Our opinion of the city / the country: – Nice old buildings, good food and good prices,

the people are wearly kind

Trieste

Venice

CONCLUSION

It was very educative

It was a good experience

It was good to work in a foreign company

•  Thank you for your attention!